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Table 4 Disease types of care recipients

From: The social and economic burden on family caregivers for older adults in the Czech Republic

Disease Type

Male

Female

 

N

%a

N

%a

Alzheimer’s disease

6

2.8%

11

5.2%

Asthma

2

0.9%

Bed-bound patients

1

0.5%

Blindness

2

0.9%

Cerebral palsy

2

0.9%

Coma

2

0.9%

Coronary artery disease

3

1.4%

Diabetes

12

5.6%

19

8.9%

Down syndrome

1

0.5%

Epilepsy

2

0.9%

2

0.9%

Haematopoiesis disease

1

0.5%

Heart disease

1

0.5%

3

1.4%

Hypertension

9

4.2%

Limb amputation

4

1.9%

3

1.4%

Limited mobility

7

3.3%

8

3.8%

Limited self-sufficiency

1

0.5%

Liver cirrhosis

2

0.9%

Lung disease

2

0.9%

Mental disease

1

0.5%

5

2.3%

Minor stroke

1

0.5%

Multiple sclerosis

2

0.9%

5

2.3%

Old age

14

6.6%

5

2.3%

Oncological diseases

15

7.0%

14

6.6%

Parkinson’s disease

1

0.5%

4

1.9%

Senile dementia

11

5.2%

23

10.8%

Severe multiple diseases

1

0.5%

Stroke

1

0.5%

1

0.5%

Tuberculosis

2

0.9%

1

0.5%

  1. aexpresses the share in the total number of respondents 155